NEW YORK — ESPN will stop broadcasting in 3-D by the end of the year, the network said Wednesday, dealing a major blow to a technology that was launched with great fanfare but has been limping along for years.

The sports network said there were too few viewers to make 3-D broadcasts worth it. It didn’t say exactly how many viewers had, but the number was “extremely limited and not growing.”

Last year, only 2 percent of TVs in the U.S. were able to show 3-D programming, according to the most recent data from research firm IHS Screen Digest.

ESPN 3D launched in 2010 as one of nine 3-D channels that followed the release of James Cameron’s “Avatar.” TV makers rushed to introduce 3-D sets as well. ESPN said then it expected a “3-D tsunami” in the industry.

But few consumers proved willing to pay the extra $200 or so for a 3-D-capable set, which also requires viewers to wear glasses. Many people said the 3-D effect didn’t add that much to the viewing experience.

More than a third of Americans in a new national survey said they think the heightened focus on diversity at work has overlooked white men. Meanwhile, 32 percent of male respondents, meanwhile, reported feeling “personally excluded” in the office.

An unprecedented $350 million worth of commercial projects broke ground along the I-25 corridor in Thornton in 2017, city economic development officials say. There is little reason to think the flood of development will stop any time soon, and neighbors Westminister